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SIDNEY B MACLEOD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordSidney B Macleod JR, of Mclean, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Mclean, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 28
- ROBERT NEIL MINETTOCorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOMER MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL LANG MITCHELLFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
From Mclean
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DAVID DAWSON PEPPIN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.